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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

NICHOLAS K. MERIWETHER,
Case No: 1:18-cv-00753-SJD
Plaintiff,
v. THE HONORABLE SUSAN J. DLOTT
THE TRUSTEES OF SHAWNEE STATE THE HONORABLE KAREN L. LITKOVITZ
UNIVERSITY, et al.,
Defendants.

NOTICE OF APPEAL
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Nicholas Meriwether, plaintiff in the above-

captioned case, hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth

Circuit from the Order Adopting Report and Recommendation, Doc. 60, Feb. 12, 2020,

which granted Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenor’s motions to dismiss this case;

the accompanying Judgment, Doc. 61, Feb. 12, 2020; and the Report and Recommen-

dation, Doc. 49, Sept. 5, 2019, which recommended granting those motions.

Respectfully submitted this the 12th day of March, 2020,

/s/ Travis C. Barham
DAVID A. CORTMAN* THOMAS W. KIDD, JR.
Georgia Bar No. 188810 Ohio Bar No. 0066359
TRAVIS C. BARHAM* KIDD & URLING, LLC
Arizona Bar No. 024867 8913 Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Georgia Bar No. 753251 West Chester, Ohio 45069
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM Telephone: (513) 733–3080
1000 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Ste. D-1100 Facsimile: (513) 577–7393
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043 tkidd@kiddurlinglaw.com
Telephone: (770) 339–0774
Facsimile: (770) 339–6744 TYSON C. LANGHOFER*
dcortman@ADFlegal.org Arizona Bar No. 032589
tbarham@ADFlegal.org JONATHAN M. LARCOMB*
Virginia Bar No. 47274
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
440 1st Street, NW, Ste. 600
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: (202) 393–8690
Facsimile: (202) 347–3622
tlanghofer@ADFlegal.org
* Admitted pro hac vice. jlarcomb@ADFlegal.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 12th day of March, 2020, I filed a true and accurate copy

of the foregoing document with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which

automatically sends an electronic notification to the following attorneys of record:

RORY P. CALLAHAN
Principal Assistant Attorney General
Employment Law Section
ANNA M. SEIDENSTICKER
Principal Assistant Attorney General
Employment Law Section
30 East Broad Street, 23rd Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: (614) 644–7257
Facsimile: (614) 752–4677
Rory.Callahan@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Anna.Seidensticker@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
elsreview@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
HANNAH STONEBURNER
Associate Assistant Attorney General
Education Section
30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: (614) 644–7250
Facsimile: (614) 644–7634
Hannah.Stoneburner@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Attorneys for Defendants

ADAM G. UNIKOWSKY
JENNER & BLOCK LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 639–6000
Facsimile: (202) 639–6066
aunikowsky@jenner.com
SHANNON P. MINTER
ASAF ORR
CHRISTOPHER F. STOLL
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS
870 Market Street Suite 370
San Francisco, California 94102
Telephone: (415) 392–6257
Facsimile: (415) 392–8442
sminter@nclrights.org
aorr@nclrights.org
cstoll@nclrights.org
Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

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Respectfully submitted on this the 12th day of March, 2020.

/s/ Travis C. Barham

TRAVIS C. BARHAM
Attorney for Plaintiffs